κλειδί

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleː.dí/ → /kliˈði/ → /kliˈði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.dí/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kliˈdi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kliˈði/

Noun

κλειδῐ́ • (kleidí) f

1. dative singular of κλείς (kleís)

Greek

Alternative forms

• (Katharevousa) κλείς (kleís)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κλειδίν (kleidín), from Ancient Greek κλειδίον (kleidíon), diminutive of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Hellenic *klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kliˈði]
• Hyphenation: κλει‧δί
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

κλειδί • (kleidí) n (plural κλειδιά)

1. key (an object that goes into the keyhole and as it turns left or right it locks or unlocks a door, drawer, etc.)
2. (cryptography) key
3. (music) key
4. (engineering) wrench
5. (construction) keystone (a central wedge-shaped piece of an arch or dome that locks the other pieces in place)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	κλειδί (kleidí)	κλειδιά (kleidiá)
genitive	κλειδιού (kleidioú)	κλειδιών (kleidión)
accusative	κλειδί (kleidí)	κλειδιά (kleidiá)
vocative	κλειδί (kleidí)	κλειδιά (kleidiá)

Derived terms

• αντικλείδι n (antikleídi, “master key, skeleton key”)
• γαλλικό κλειδί n (gallikó kleidí, “adjustable spanner, wrench”)
• γερμανικό κλειδί n (germanikó kleidí, “spanner, wrench”)
• κλειδώνω (kleidóno, “to lock”)

 

Related terms

• κλειδαριά f (kleidariá, “lock”)

• and see: κλείνω (kleíno, “to shut”)

Further reading

• κλειδί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el